Succession Planning

If a key contributor leaves tomorrow, do you know who would be the best replacement?

Organizations that wish to remain competitive must meet the strategic and operational challenges associated with having the right leaders in the right places at the right times doing the right things.

• Have you identified the most important characteristics of success for key roles in your organization?
• Do you have a clear sense of skills, capabilities, and potential of your organization's talent pool?
• Do you know who has the skills and capabilities to fill key roles in the future?

The aim of succession planning is to identify the organization's future staffing needs, assess the existing talent pool, and prepare for the integration of these two components. This includes addressing the need for cross training in key roles where continuity is particularly critical. This may include high-level executives, key managerial positions, or other important professional positions.

At Leadership Solutions, Inc., we assist clients in designing and implementing systematic processes to help ensure the organization is well positioned to meet leadership challenges of the future. We challenge organizations to identify potential future leaders and prepare for their transition into broader levels of responsibility. Our consulting approach seeks to leverage existing tools and processes where possible, or to develop entirely new ones when necessary. Our overall goal is too help develop and implement a methodology and thought process that can be maintained over time.

More specifically, we can help you in the following areas:

• Diagnose leadership continuity issues
• Design and implement succession planning processes